Derivatives of aralkylbenzoic acid



United States Patent 2,759,9aa DERIVATIVES or ARALIQYLBENZOIC ACID Merrill Eugene Speeter, Kalamazoo, Mich., assignor to Bristol Laboratories Inc., Syracuse, N. Y., a corporation of New York 1 N Drawi App ication e ruar E.

Ser a N 34313.63

5 Claims. (Cl. 260-247 .2)

wherein X represents straight and branched chain, bivalent alkylene radicals containing from two to six carbon atoms inclusive; B represents a member selected from the group consisting of piperidino, morpholino, pyrrolidino,

(lower)alkylpyrrolidino, N'-a1kylpiperazino, pipecolino and di(lower)alkylam1no; and R'represents a member selected from the group consisting of hydrogen and lower alkyl.

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The wing exam e wi l s ve t9 vention without limiting thereto. All temperatures are ent gra e- EXAMPLE 1 N-.( beta-morpholinylethyl)orrtho-benzylber zamide A mixture of 42.5 grams (0.2 mole) of ortho-benzylbenzoic acid with 48 grams (i. e., excess) thionyl chloride is warmed for one hour on the steam bath. The excess thionyl chloride is removed by distillation under reduced pressure. The remaining heavy oil is dissolved in 30 ml. of benzene and the benzene is removed by distillation under reduced pressure. The residue, free of thionyl chloride, is dissolved in sufficient benzene to give two hundred ml. of solution.

One hundred ml. of this benzene solution containing approximately 0.1 mole of ortho-benzylbenzoyl chloride, is added to 26 grams (0.2 mole) of p-morpholinylethylamine in 400 ml. of benzene. The mixture is warmed on the steam bath for two hours and poured on ice. The mixture is made strongly basic with ammonium hydroxide and the benzene layer is separated and extracted with dilute hydrochloric acid. On neutralization of the acid extracts with ammonium hydroxide, an oil separates M 2,759,933 l ate nted Aug. 2-1 1956 2 which, r ta l ze h. ne he ta of -t et-ahihrrh hhr ethr l-ht hqhz z a t s hand huthwh; PP PY a q h a theh' hat E heaa eaad isthhh ta el t about 1 1 ,Qa lgulated for C2oH24N2Q22 Qalculated Found A s -th gh h am de h Qt dwether s sa rated with. h d heshj ch r e e' melt at sham 11 5 756 a te ma hem-la he hath hhr qr 15 alsehhlaeddtr sat 0 C-ih ac U d s r s tene s melt t h 5+l 6 h e d' f e 9 oi solvent oi? crystallization to. a solid ofi P. 1733 1 75 4W hlhlteii' s fqh ihthieqe'flq H ""ai'miaejrittai IQ... @5559." "at...

a h ih ih sate i i h't t areas a e athise i 9i semhrrl. alealh mix e is sheet ha a Pre e th e-ed. th rt p nata the st am ath. wit 'h aime t9 had C ta f N-the a m iehhhht ehzahhide et e e tan are 1 46 dea 85 ha that hi a jo'a, and found tol'm elt at about 13.9.? a t recrystallization o h m r!!! eleqhsl- EXAMBLB NrmethylN-dime hyl m naethyl ar w z zyllze z m To one hundred ml. ofa benzene solution containing about 0.1 mole of ortho-benzylbenzoylchloride and prepared as in Example I, there is added 0.2 mole ofN- methyl-beta- (dimethylamino)ethylamine in 400 ml. of benzene. The mixture is warmed on the steam bath for two hours and poured on ice. The mixture is made basic with ammonium hydroxide and the benzene layer 50 is separated and extracted with dilute hydrochloric acid. 'd extracts with ammonium On neutralization of the am hydroxide, oily N-meth'yl-N-dimethylaminoethyl orthobenzylben'zamide separates and maybe recovered by decaiitation and purified by distilla'tlon'in high vacuum. This free base is converted into quaternary' and acid addition salts by. the method of Example I "using ethyl iodide and hydrogen bromide respectively.

The invention also includes the non-toxic organic and inorganic acid addition salts of the compounds having the general formula above such as will be readily formed with, for example, organic and inorganic acids such as hydrochloric, sulfuric, sulfamic, tartaric, hydrobromic, hydriodic, glycolic, citric, maleic, phosphoric, succinic, acetic, benzoic, cinnamic, mandelic, malic, ascorbic, and the like. The method of preparation of these salts is made apparent in the examples above.

This invention also contemplates the quaternarysalts of the free bases of the general formula above, which may be prepared as made apparent in the examples above by treatment of the free bases with quaternary,saltforming substances. These quaternary salt-forming substances include methyl chloride, methyl bromide,-me'thyl iodide, ethyl chloride, ethyl bromide, ethyl iodide, n-

propyl chloride, n-propyl bromide, n-propyl iodide, isopropyl bromide, u-butyl chloride, n-butyl bromide, isobutyl bromide, sec.-butyl bromide, n-amyl bromide, n-hexyl chloride, benzyl chloride, benzyl bromide, methyl sulfate, ethyl sulfate, methyl benzenesulfonate, methyl p-toluenesulfonate, etc. which will react directly with any free base of the general formula above to give respectively the methochloride, methobromide, methiodide, etho chloride, ethobrornide, ethiodide, n-propochloride, npropobromide, n-propiodide, isopropobromide, n-butochloride, n-butobromide, isobutobromide, sec.-butobromade, n-amobromide, n-hexochloride, benzochloride, benzobromide, methosulfate, ethosulfate, methobenzenesulfonate, metho-p-toluenesulfonate, etc.

The acid chloride of ortho-benzylbenzoic acid is reacted according to the procedure of Example I with equimolar amounts of S-(di-n-propylamino)-1-aminopentane, (di-n-propylamtino)-1-methylaminopentane, beta- (diethylamino)isopropylamine, N ethyl beta (diethylamino) isopropylamine, beta-1-alpha-pipecolylethylamine, N-npropyl-beta-( l-alpha-pipecolyl)-ethylamine, 3-( l-gammapipecolyl)-l-aminopropane, 3 (1 gamma-pipecolyl)-1- is-opropylaminopropane, beta 1 pyrrolidylethylamine, N-n-butyl-beta 1 pyrrolidylethylamine, beta-dimethyflamino-n-butylamine, N-n-amyl-beta-dimethylamino n butylamine, B-(ethylmethylamino) 1 amiuopropane, 3- (ethylmethylamino)-l-n-hexylaminopropane, beta dipropylaminoethylamtine, N-isohexyl bet-a dipropylaminoethylamine, 6 (dimethylamino)-l-aminohexane, betapiperidylethylamine, and 1 (4-methyl piperazyl)-4- aminobutane respectively to produce N 5 di n propylarnino 1 pentylortho benzylbenzamide, N- methyl-N-S-d-i-n-propyl-amino 1 penty l-ortho-benzylbenzamide, N-beta-(diethylamino)isopropyl-ortho-benzylbenzamide, N-ethyl N beta-(diethylamino)isopropylortho-benzylbenzamide, N-beta (l alpha pipecolyl)- ethyl ortho benzylbenzarni de, N n propyl-N-beta-(1- alpha-pipecolyl)ethyl-ortho-benzylbenzamide, N-gammal-gamma-pipecolyl)-propyl-ortho-benzylbenzamide, N- isopropyl N gamma-(l-gamma-pipecolyl) propylorthobenzylbenzamide, beta (1 pyrrolidyDet-hyl ortho benzylbenzamlide, N n butyl N beta (lpyrrolidyl)ethyl ortho benzyl-benzamide, N beta (dimethylamino) n butyl ortho benzylbenzamide,

N n amyl N beta (dimethylamino) .n butyl ortho-benzylbenzamide, N-gamma-(ethyl-methylamino)- n-propyl-ortho-benzylbenzamide, N-n-hexyl N gamma- (ethylmethylamino)-n-propyl-orthobenzylbenzamide, N beta (dipropylamino)ethyl-ortho-benzylbenzamide, N- isohexyl N beta (dipropylamino)-ethyl-ortho-benzylbenzamide, N-6-(dimethylamino)-n-hexyl-ortho benzylbenzamide, N-beta-piperidylethyl-ortho-benzylbenzamide, and N-4- 4-methylpiperazyl) -n-butyl-ortho-benzylbenzamide, respectively.

In general, the salts are soluble in water and constitute a preferred form of the invention. The organic bases, on the other hand, are generally water-insoluble, but soluble in simple organic solvents such as alcohols, ethers, hydrocarbons, and lower ketones.

ill am wherein X represents a bivalent alkylene radical containing from two to six carbon atoms inclusive, B represents a member selected from the group consisting of piperidino, morpholino, pyrrolidino, N'-alkylpiperazino, pipecolino and di(lower)alkylamino and R represents a member selected from the group consisting of hydrogen and lower alkyl; and acid addition salts and quaternary salts of said compounds.

2. A member selected from the group consisting of N- (beta-morpholinylethyl)-ortho-benzylbenzarnide and nontoxic acid addition and quaternary salts thereof.

3. A member selected from the group consisting of N-methyl-N-dimethylaminoethyl-ortho benzylbenzamide and non-toxic acid addition and quaternary salts thereof.

4. A member selected from the group consisting of N- n-propyl N beta-( l-alpha-pipecolyl)ethyl-ortho-benzylbenzamide and non-toxic acid addition and quaternary salts thereof.

5. The process of reacting ortho-benzylbenzoyl chlorides with tertiary-amino-substituted aliphatic primary and secondary amines and recovering a compound having the structure (i-N-X-B Q l References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,009,144 Miescher et al July 23, 1935 2,629,736 Krimmel Feb. 24, 1953 2,629,737 Krimmel Feb. 24, 1953 2,634,274 Krirnmel Apr. 7, 1953 

1. A MEMBER SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF COMPOUNDS HAVING THE STRUCTURE 